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Presentation time offset subtracted · case 01

Ignoring presentation-time offset misaligns a segment timeline.

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ROOT CAUSE

Ignoring presentation-time offset misaligns a segment timeline.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Preserve the media contract: Convert integer media ticks to presentation seconds by subtracting the presentation offset in the same tick units before dividing by positive timescale.

Unsuccessful approach: Subtracting tick-valued offset from seconds mixes incompatible units.

Case contract

Convert integer media ticks to presentation seconds by subtracting the presentation offset in the same tick units before dividing by positive timescale.

Why this case matters

A deterministic local media controller stage; metadata and downloaded data are supplied explicitly. No external player, service or codec is required.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(ticks, timescale, offset_ticks):
    return ticks/timescale
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1',solve(*(1500, 1000, 500)),1)
check('fixture 2',solve(*(90000, 90000, 45000)),0.5)
check('fixture 3',solve(*(0, 1, 0)),0)
check('fixture 4',solve(*(250, 1000, 500)),-0.25)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
fixture 11.51Failed
fixture 21.00.5Failed
fixture 30.00Passed
fixture 40.25-0.25Failed

SHA-256 / 316408e0d058a1a0d1a460981a6511f8e589fdd71f14c47adce923acaa088959

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(ticks, timescale, offset_ticks):
    return ticks/timescale-offset_ticks
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1',solve(*(1500, 1000, 500)),1)
check('fixture 2',solve(*(90000, 90000, 45000)),0.5)
check('fixture 3',solve(*(0, 1, 0)),0)
check('fixture 4',solve(*(250, 1000, 500)),-0.25)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
fixture 1-498.51Failed
fixture 2-44999.00.5Failed
fixture 30.00Passed
fixture 4-499.75-0.25Failed

SHA-256 / 8c37f3478ad27fd24cb291f406af87b86983e784c9d88a3627c3f0683e84809e

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(ticks, timescale, offset_ticks):
    return (ticks-offset_ticks)/timescale
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1',solve(*(1500, 1000, 500)),1)
check('fixture 2',solve(*(90000, 90000, 45000)),0.5)
check('fixture 3',solve(*(0, 1, 0)),0)
check('fixture 4',solve(*(250, 1000, 500)),-0.25)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
fixture 11.01Passed
fixture 20.50.5Passed
fixture 30.00Passed
fixture 4-0.25-0.25Passed

SHA-256 / 2e320d66d544377921eafe4a935df9c72e48de7c126c39c41f34768a3cb0e911

Verification & scope

This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:38:46.135222+00:00.

Case digest / a387bf32294e84475a572725d9306792cd204d3edbbe2a10d377ee09b31e911c